Jacqueline Floriot is driven from her home by her husband Louis, a deputy attorney of Paris, because of his unjust suspicions regarding her relations with another man. Floriot forbids Jacqueline to see her baby boy, who is dangerously ill, and when informed that the boy believes her dead, she attempts suicide.

"FOR SHEER PATHOS, FOR BLUNT POWER, FOR GENUINE FASCINATION, THIS WONDERFUL STORY OF A MOTHER'S LOVE HAS NEVER HAD AN EQUAL ON STAGE OR SCREEN"